This week the Orienteering World Cup Finals are being held in the Auvergne region in central France. Today was the first race – the Middle Qualification. It was a very technical race, not overly physical but a lot of top names missed out on qualification due to the unusually difficult terrain. Here are the full results Men 1 (28) 4.2 km 105 m 19 P 1 HUOVILA Jarkko Finland 27:55 0:00 2 LÖWEGREN Fredrik Sweden 30:16 2:21 3 IKONEN Pasi Finland 30:53 2:58 4 WINGSTEDT Emil Sweden 31:21 3:26 5 KERSCHBAUMER Gernold Austria 32:29 4:34 6 GONON François France 32:32 4:37 7 TAVERNARO Michele Italia 32:33 4:38 8 NORDBERG Anders Norway 32:37 4:42 9 HERTNER Fabian Switzerland 32:45 4:50 10 SCHNEIDER David Switzerland 32:49 4:54 11 GAVRYLENKO Vitalii Ukraine 33:20 5:25 12 KRAAS Andreas Estonia 33:33 5:38 13 WENDLER Torben Germany 33:55 6:00 14 KVAAL ØSTERBØ Øystein Norway 34:00 6:05 15 PASQUASY Fabien Belgium 34:07 6:12 16 LASSEN Tue Denmark 34:21 6:26 17 LOSMAN Petr Czech Republic 34:31 6:36 18 RENARD Damien France 34:36 6:41 19 CASAL Roger Spain 34:49 6:54 20 BRICKHILL-JONES David Great Britain 35:14 7:19 21 MATSUZAWA Toshiyuki Japan 36:06 8:11 22 DUNCAN Jon Great Britain 36:32 8:37 23 GÖSSWEIN Csaba Hungary 36:34 8:39 24 PROCHAZKA Jan Czech Republic 36:40 8:45 25 BASTIN Michel Belgium 38:18 10:23 26 QUIN Andrew Ireland 41:56 14:01 27 RICO Nestor Spain 42:02 14:07 28 BARRY Alan Ireland 52:21 24:26 Men 2 (27) 4.1 km 100 m 19 P 1 GUEORGIOU Thierry France 27:04 0:00 2 FOHR Tero Finland 29:19 2:15 3 ADAMSKI Philippe France 30:30 3:26 4 NIELSEN Christian Denmark 30:49 3:45 5 MUELLER Mattias Switzerland 30:50 3:46 6 WAALER KAAS Carl Norway 31:00 3:56 7 ROLLIER Baptiste Switzerland 31:03 3:59 8 ÖBERG Peter Sweden 31:17 4:13 9 JONASSON Niclas Sweden 31:18 4:14 10 USHKVAROK Pavlo Ukraine 31:31 4:27 11 OTT Christian Switzerland 31:55 4:51 12 WICKHOLM Jörgen Finland 32:42 5:38 12 GRISTWOOD Graham Great Britain 32:42 5:38 14 WELTZIEN Audun Norway 32:55 5:51 15 BINDER Martin Austria 33:08 6:04 16 KOZAK Osvald Czech Republic 33:43 6:39 17 DOETSCH Franz Germany 33:55 6:51 17 SEDIVY Jan Czech Republic 33:55 6:51 19 PUUSEPP Markus Estonia 33:58 6:54 20 KRIER Jean-François Belgium 34:50 7:46 21 FRASER Scott Great Britain 35:13 8:09 22 TEICH Christian Germany 36:45 9:41 23 TALLOEN Joost Belgium 36:48 9:44 24 RAFOLS Biel Spain 38:50 11:46 25 DOBBS Neil Ireland 42:16 15:12 26 MILLAR Ivan Ireland 49:38 22:34 WYMER Eddie Australia abs Men 3 (28) 4.2 km 110 m 20 P 1 HUBMANN Daniel Switzerland 30:25 0:00 2 ANDERSSON David Sweden 31:43 1:18 3 LAKANEN Jani Finland 32:13 1:48 4 NOVIKOV Valentin Russia 32:19 1:54 5 KRATOV Oleksandr Ukraine 32:22 1:57 6 MUKHIDINOV Vyacheslav Ukraine 32:23 1:58 7 GUEORGIOU Rémi France 32:54 2:29 8 MODIG Johan Sweden 33:45 3:20 9 CHRISTENSEN Christian Denmark 33:56 3:31 10 STRAIN Murray Great Britain 34:09 3:44 11 MYHREN Jonn-Are Netherland 34:13 3:48 12 SMOLA Michal Czech Republic 34:48 4:23 13 LUND Mikkel Denmark 34:58 4:33 14 HOTT JOHANSEN Holger Norway 35:04 4:39 15 RAJNOSEK Zdenek Czech Republic 35:23 4:58 16 GIRSCH Nicolas France 35:50 5:25 17 SCHGAGULER Klaus Italia 35:54 5:29 18 FERRER Lluis Spain 36:48 6:23 19 BERNARD Christophe Belgium 38:29 8:04 20 GRANOVSKIY Boris United States 39:11 8:46 21 HALDIN Mats Finland 39:48 9:23 22 PONGRATZ Martin Austria 40:02 9:37 23 SILLIEN Nicolas Belgium 40:03 9:38 24 CHEPELIN Oleg Great Britain 40:25 10:00 25 ALVESTAD Stig Norway 41:45 11:20 26 HOFMEISTER Patrick Germany 45:12 14:47 27 JIMENEZ Santiago Spain 47:11 16:46 28 GOMEZ Javier Spain 52:37 22:12 Women 1 (18) 2.9 km 65 m 14 P 1 JOHANSSON Jenny Sweden 24:05 0:00 2 MUELLER Lea Switzerland 24:59 0:54 3 RANTALA Maria Finland 26:13 2:08 4 BROZKOVA Dana Czech Republic 27:15 3:10 5 ELDER Rachael Great Britain 27:45 3:40 6 SØES Signe Denmark 28:11 4:06 7 FINCKE Anni-Maija Finland 28:54 4:49 8 SOULARD Juliette France 29:36 5:31 9 DODIN Céline France 29:49 5:44 10 MACKENZIE Mhairi Great Britain 29:53 5:48 11 CERNY Noëmi Switzerland 30:03 5:58 12 FASTING Mari Norway 30:54 6:49 13 TROSSE Christiane Germany 31:54 7:49 14 SEMAK Mariia Ukraine 32:19 8:14 15 GUIZZARDI Michela Italia 33:46 9:41 16 ZURCHER Sandra United States 36:18 12:13 17 VALLEDOR Anabel Spain 39:31 15:26 A-HÖJSGAARD Karolina Sweden abs Women 2 (19) 2.9 km 75 m 14 P 1 BROZKOVA Radka Czech Republic 24:13 0:00 2 ENGSTRAND Emma Sweden 24:15 0:02 3 CHATAING Amélie France 25:10 0:57 4 NIGGLI-LUDER Simone Switzerland 25:34 1:21 5 MOE Lene Norway 25:49 1:36 6 FRITSCHY Martina Switzerland 26:41 2:28 7 JUKKOLA Heli Finland 27:13 3:00 8 BRIDLE Helen Great Britain 27:47 3:34 9 DUCHOVA Iveta Czech Republic 27:52 3:39 10 D´HARREVILLE Mélanie France 27:56 3:43 11 BILLSTAM Annika Sweden 28:05 3:52 12 HOLMSTROM Bodil Finland 29:20 5:07 13 KONRING OLESEN Anne Denmark 29:39 5:26 14 SPASYUK Mariya Ukraine 30:31 6:18 15 O´DONOVAN Toni Ireland 30:32 6:19 16 STEVENSON Jo Great Britain 32:52 8:39 17 SYVORONOVA Olga Ukraine 33:40 9:27 18 GIL Alicia Spain 37:45 13:32 KUNDISCH Sieglinde Germany abs Women 3 (18) 2.9 km 70 m 13 P 1 JANSSON Helena Sweden 25:53 0:00 2 GEMPERLE Sara Switzerland 26:27 0:34 3 ANDERSON Marianne Norway 26:30 0:37 4 NILSSON Kajsa Sweden 26:53 1:00 5 STARA Zdenka Czech Republic 27:35 1:42 6 KAUPPI Minna Finland 27:37 1:44 7 WHITEHOUSE Pippa Great Britain 27:54 2:01 8 GOFFRE Anaïs France 28:35 2:42 9 VOLYNSKA Nadiya Ukraine 29:47 3:54 10 SCHULZE Dorothea Germany 29:52 3:59 11 STALDER Seline Switzerland 30:26 4:33 12 TRYGUBYAK Yaroslava Ukraine 30:39 4:46 13 KUUSELO Riina Finland 30:57 5:04 14 BOUCHET Charlotte France 31:43 5:50 15 DOBKE Marika Germany 32:19 6:26 15 ROLLINS Sarah Great Britain 32:19 6:26 17 BRAUTIGAM Viktoria United States 36:44 10:51 18 RAFOLS Ona Spain 40:07 14:14 So all the girls and Murray and Graham qualified for tomorrows final. 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